Two imp exhibitions running next to each other,both talking about the background&contexts of how their subjects reached the zenith of their creative worlds.The first 2pics are from the #DashrathPatel exhibition, one of the founder directors of #India’s only govt #designinstitute
There’s a very interesting video where he’s talking of his association with #HenriCartierBresson. His range of #paintings, #photographs on display are immense! What a man, I’d seen him once at NID in his crisp white cotton attire, wish had known more about him.Don’t miss it #nid
These pics r from fascinating #companypaintings commissioned by #British depicting #life#professions of late 18
&19th cen #India as seen through their early understanding of a vast subcontinent that utterly confused them 😎 more in a soon-to-be written review.enjoy @CSMVSmumbai
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I’ll share some photos of #memorials of #british#soldiers in #India here are from the #afghanchurch in #mumbai it was the 1st Anglican Church in South #bombay started as a chapel. In 1838soldiers killed in the 1st#afghanwar were laid to rest here, then from the other 2wars
These are #handwoven#silk#saris made in #Murshidabad in #Bengal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Called ‘Baluchari’ sari as they were woven in the land near the river Bhagirathi which flows by Murshidabad. ‘Balu’ means ‘sand’ & ‘char’ means ‘bank’ in #bangla#language
“An attempt to reach out to those interested in the arts, but isolated by the lockdown, is now an #oraldocumentationproject encouraging you to draw or write about your favourite memory from a museum...Thank you @janeborges87 written so beautifully our team is beaming
“The idea was to reach out to those who might have been forgotten, are #isolated, #depressed and lack access to #museums or #heritage sites. By opening up an undiscovered space, I wanted to give them something to look forward to in the future," says Das.”